Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …

, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on inequality and poverty that …

(unanticipated) fiscal consolidations lead to an increase in poverty …

-political instability once fiscal policy and remittances have been accounted for. It focuses on import prices to reflect the vulnerability … and income per capita. On the other hand, while remittances seem to dampen the adverse effect of import food price shocks …

remittances. Specifically, using data over 2010-2015 for 72 developing countries, we study the impact of (i) large remittances and … (ii) the geographic concentration of the source of remittances on economic volatilities. Results suggest that while (i …) large remittances can be stabilizing on average, (ii) high remittance concentration from source countries can aggravate …

We present cross-country evidence on the impact of remittances on labor market outcomes.Remittances appear to have a … in size than those offoreign direct investment or offcial development aid. On the supply side, remittances reducelabor … significantly different sensitivities to remittances. On the demandside, remittances reduce overall unemployment but benefit mostly …

undermine the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), official development assistance (ODA) and migrants’ remittances on … economic expansion. Based on neoclassical growth framework, the theoretical model indicates that FDI, ODA, and remittances …